ingurgitate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
    engorge; gormandize; gormandise; overgorge; glut; overeat; satiate; englut; stuff; overindulge; gorge; scarf out; gourmandize; binge; pig out.
    • She stuffed herself at the dinner
    • The kids binged on ice cream

WordNet


In*gur"gi*tate transitive verb
Etymology
L. ingurgitatus, p. p. of ingurgitare to pour in; pref. in- in + gurges whirlpool, gulf.
Definitions
  1. To swallow, devour, or drink greedily or in large quantity; to guzzle. Cleveland.
  2. To swallow up, as in a gulf. Fotherby.
In*gur"gi*tate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To guzzle; to swill. Burton.

Webster 1913